Dunne defends dummy line-up and slams replay venue

Delicacy wasn’t one of Liam Dunne’s traits in his playing days with Wexford and diplomacy isn’t one of his traits now as his home county’s senior hurling manager.

After an against-the-odds draw with hot favourites Dublin in Wexford Park on Saturday evening, Liam wasn’t apologising for naming an almost entire dummy starting 15 or holding back from challenging Croke Park over what he sees as a poor attitude to teams outside the top tier in hurling.

First, the dummy line-up – does he care about the criticism he’s likely to get from certain quarters?